Get Involved

Thanks for Your Support

The Linux Mint project receives a great deal of support from its community of users and we would like to thank each and every contributor for participating. We are growing fast and our distribution is getting better every day thanks to you.

It is very easy to make a difference. Depending on your skill set, your availability, and on your wealth you can help Linux Mint in one or more of the following ways:

Financial help

Donations

You can help by making a financial contribution to the project. Due to revenue from advertisements and your donations, the Linux Mint project can afford to buy dedicated servers, advertising campaigns, new hardware and equipment, and to provide an income for the development team.

Sponsorships

By sponsoring Linux Mint, you will be contributing to Linux Mint by giving the development team a regular and predictable income. Sponsorships are the best way to help Linux Mint's developers and artists get to the point where they are able to work full-time on Mint-related projects.

Support and promotion

Joining the Community

Linux Mint isn't just an operating system, it's also a dynamic community of people who enjoy, gather, and interact with a free and open project. Whether it's by helping others sort through issues, by making them feel welcome, by participating in community-driven projects (repositories, podcasts, artwork...etc) or simply by meeting and talking to other Linux Mint users, we recommend you join the community and participate in making Mint better.

Helping others

If you have some spare time and you're willing to help other users with technical problems, you should seriously consider reading the forums and/or joining the IRC channel and helping other Linux Mint users solve the problems you know how to fix.

Project contributions

Bug reports

If you notice something that doesn't work properly, troubleshoot it and if you find a bug let us know. Read the Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide to know how to troubleshoot issues and how to report bugs.

Translations

If you can read English and if you speak another language, you can help us translate Linux Mint. Your efforts will allow Linux Mint to fully support display in your language. Read the Linux Mint Translation Guide to get started.

Code

We develop tools, applications and a desktop environment for Linux Mint. We use Python, C, Javascript, Vala, GNOME libraries and the GTK toolkit. If you're interested in development read the Linux Mint Developer Guide to get started.

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Linux Mint is free of charge (thanks to your donations and adverts on the website) and we hope you'll enjoy it.

Some of the packages we distribute are under the GPL. If you
want to access their source code you can use the apt-get source command. If you can't find what you're looking for please write to root@linuxmint.com and we'll provide the source to you.

Linux Mint is copyrighted 2006 and trademarked through the Linux Mark Institute. All rights reserved. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.